Harassment hinders women's care and careers
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Several recent incidents have revealed that discrimination against women patients and harassment of female scientists are still important concerns. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Bernadine Healy has issued guidelines on sexual harassment at the NIH and wants to include more women in medical studies. Stanford neurosurgeon Frances Conley made headlines when she submitted her resignation after 25 years at Stanford, allegedly because a colleague was harassing her. Women who have sued the NIH over discrimination and harassment claim that the government drags its feet when the cases come to court. Margaret Jensvold brought a suit against the National Institute of Mental Health because she felt her complaints of sexual harassment filed with the Equal Opportunity Office were not being processed. Healy wants to double the number of equal employment opportunity counselors at NIH and speed the processing of discrimination cases. Most of these incidents should be dealt with before they reach court.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1992
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Nursing home research focus on outcomes may mean playing catch-up with regulation
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An Oct 1990 federal regulation that requires nursing homes to establish a care plan for each resident is changing the approach to long term care of the elderly. The law also requires that facilities routinely assess each patient to see how effective the care plan is. The goal then, is to ensure that facilities do everything practical to achieve patient well-being. The practical effect of the law is to shift the focus from maintaining the status quo to measuring patient outcomes. Studies prompted by the new law have found that negative patient outcomes are associated with poor staffing and skin care and with high nurse turnover. Other studies are researching the effectiveness of specific interventions such as prompted voiding for patients with urinary incontinence. There is also a growing trend toward the formation of academic nursing homes. Like academic medical centers, these facilities have the patient population and the capability to do research on long term care.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1993
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